Mindfulness & Personal Development Curriculum

Mindfulness is the quality of paying attention, on purpose, to the present moment and noticing our external and internal experience of that moment without judgment.

Scientific research demonstrating the benefits of mindfulness began over 30 years ago with a structured program called Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction. For example, "In 2011, Harvard neuropsychologist Britta Holzel and her colleagues found that a standard 8-week Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction course resulted in significant increases in gray matter concentration in brain regions involved in learning and memory processes."* Research with children and in educational environments has been underway for nearly 20 years with promising results. The growing body of research on mindfulness in school-based contexts reveals the following list of core benefits:*